Lamp-burner.



No. 802,055. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905.

O. I. MILLER.

LAMP BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1905.

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UNITED STATES OLIF TON I. MILLER, OF BRISTOL, TENNESSEE.

LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed June '7, 1905. Serial No. 264,194-

Lamp-Burner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp-burners. The object of the invention is to provide a lamp-burner adapted by a change in location of one of its parts to burn either a relatively .wide or relatively narrow wick or to accommodate shades of different sizes, and, further, by adapting it for ready use in connection with one or more fonts to extend its range of usefulness.

With the above and other objects in view. as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a reversible lamp-burner, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like" characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in vertical longitudinal section of a lamp-burner constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view .of the baseplate of the gallery, the collar being omitted. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, exhibiting more particularly the relative sizes of the two collars employed. Fig. 4: is a view in side elevation of the cone.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the gallery, which may be of the usual or any preferred construction and is combined with V a base-plate 2 either by being formed integral therewith or secured thereto. The gallery members 3 are herein shown as ornamented by open-work; but this is not essentiaL'as they may be plain, if preferred.

Combined with the under side ofthe baseplate is a collar 4, having, as usual, a threaded extension 5 to engage with the collar of the lamp-font, the collar 4 being combined with the base-plate by providing the former with a plurality of fingers 6, designed to engage slots or orifices 7 the ends of the fingers being bent over upon the upper side of the base-plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Combined with the upper side of the base-plate is a second and larger collar 8, having a threaded extension 9 to engage with the collar of the lamp-font and is also provided with fingers 10, which are designed to engage slots or orifices 11, the ends of the fingers being bent under against the base, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, thereby to hold the collar firmly in position. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, the extension 9 is of greater diameter than the extension 5, thus to adapt the burner for use in connection with lamps of different sizes. Secured in any suitable manner within the extensions 5 and 9 is a wick-tube 12, that end engaging the extension 5 being constricted or smaller in diameter than the end engaging the extension 9, thereby to permit of the use of two diflerent-sized wicks for the same burner. The intermediate portion of the tube is provided, as usual, with a plurality of slots 13, through which project the Wick-operating Wheels 14, that are carried by a stem 15, which projects at both ends beyond the burner and carries two knurled disks 16, by which the stem may be operated.

The base-plate is provided with two alined slots or orifices 17, that are adapted to be engaged by spring-fingers 18, carried by the cone 19, which latter may be of the usual or any preferred construction, the fingers being removably engaged with the orifices 17, thereby to permit the cone to be reversed, according to which end ofthe Wick-tube will be utiliZed.

Arranged on the side of the base-plate opposite the gallery 1 is a second gallery embodying a pluraiity of members 20, each of which consists of two elements connected by a hinge-joint 21, one of each of the elements having fingers 23, that are adapted to engage orifices 22 in the base-plate and against which they are bent and secured, as at 23, and the other elements 24 being, if preferred, suitably ornamented to presenta neat and finished appearance t0 the article, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. These supplemental gallery members when the gallery 1 is engaged by the chimney are folded inward, and their free ends are held combined with the collar 4 by engagement with the lugs or catches 25, so as to be out of the way and to give the burner the appearance of those in common use. As will be noted by reference to Fig. l, the gallery members 20 are disposed within the circumference of the gallery 1, thereby to adapt them to accommodate a smaller chimney than the former gallery, it being understood, of course, that when the burner is reversed to bring the smaller end of the Wick-tube up- Ward these foldable gallery members will be the means for holding the chimney.

The improvements herein described are simple in character, Will be found thoroughly efficient in use for the purposes designed, and will prove highly convenient to householders,

inasmuch as it frequently happens that a' 3. A lamp-burner embodying a base-plate and fixed and foldable gallery members disposed on opposite sides thereof and of different circumferences.

4. A lamp-burner embodying a base-plate, fixed and foldable gallery members disposed on opposite sides thereof, and a detachable cone.

5. A lamp-burner embodying a base-plate, fixed and foldable gallery members combined therewith, collars of different diameters carried by the plate, and a Wick-tube having its terminals of different transverse diameters.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

CLIFTON l. MILLER.

Witnesses:

HARRY SWAN, Jr., WM. R. PAGE. 

